Donna Karan

The Inquisitive Guest has previously visited Donna Karan’s compound in East Hampton’s Northwest Woods, which has a serene yoga area, and asked the designer about the setup in her other homes. “I have a yoga studio in every house,” said Karan. “Yoga for me is everything. I have to make sure I find the calm in the chaos.”

Karan is seen here with Myra Biblowit, president of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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Martha Stewart

Standing beside the elegant paddleboard she designed, Martha Stewart said, “I do rugs, fabrics, and towels in faux bois and I thought, ‘Why not a beautiful paddleboard?’ To store it, I put two big hooks in the ceiling, and used a faux-bois sheet to make cloth harnesses. I slide the board in, and it hangs perfectly in my garage in East Hampton. I also have a Windsurfer, a boat, a motor scooter, and a little rowboat. ”

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Gabrielle Reece

The impossibly tall volleyball legend Gabrielle Reece bends a knee slightly when posing beside her handsome husband, surfing legend Laird Hamilton. They had officiated at a World Paddle Association stand-up paddleboard race at Havens Beach that morning and were attending the party with their three daughters. “We actually have a proper gym for the [workout] equipment,” responded Reece. “And I teach a free class on Kauai—I have to schlep that stuff in and out, so I store it all in a barn. Laird has gazillions of surfboards. They get stored in two places: in a rack and also in a barn so the boards stand up vertically. When I have volleyballs, they go into a giant bag in the back of my truck. Sometimes it’s not as neat as I would like it to be, but I always know where everything is.”

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Laird Hamilton

To find out if AD would get the same answer from Hamilton, seen here with Matt Lauer, we asked the strapping surfer where he stores his surfboards. “Warehouses,” he answered. “I have big barns full of stuff. I’m not organized in a lot of areas in my life, but when it comes to storage of equipment, I have to be. I have more than 100 boards. There are a few boards that I’ve ridden on giant waves and have sentimental value. I have a place for them in my shop, a rack full of meaningful equipment.”

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Thom Filicia

Thom Filicia may be best known as an interior designer, but he too is a sportsman. “Laird definitely has more sports equipment than I do,” he offered with a laugh. “I store all of mine in my boathouse, right on the water. The boathouse is a combination of American Colonial and modern with the interior painted white. The exterior is charcoal gray, and it has glass French doors. I am pretty sporty. I water-ski, I wakeboard, and I paddleboard. And I bike and run around New York City.”

Filicia is seen here with Donna Karan and Martha Stewart.

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Lisa Perry

Fashion designer and host Lisa Perry, whose waterfront property is dotted with striking contemporary sculpture, noted that her sports equipment was not on view during the fête. “It’s actually down on our beach,” she said. “The paddleboard, sailboats, everything is down there. I think that our boat captain takes everything away in the winter. It magically disappears and then comes back the next summer.”